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单词 bogeyman
释义
bogeymanbo‧gey‧man /ˈbəʊɡimæn $ ˈboʊ-/ noun (plural bogeymen /-men/) [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Also known as a boogeyman or bogeyman, one can only have an effect if its victim pays heed to it.
  • But it helps to expiate our imagined sins if we have a bogeyman to hand, a Drug Baron.
  • He's the bogeyman of the North Shore.
  • It was in 1924 and the Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, was the bogeyman.
  • Strange, he hadn't seemed the type to be scared of bogeymen.
  • The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching.
  • The other Chris Woodhead revelled in his media role as the teachers' bogeyman.
word sets
WORD SETS
abominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun
1an evil spirit, especially in children’s imagination or stories2someone who people think is evil or unpleasant:  Manson was and remains America’s number one bogeyman.
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